Table 2 Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics with nutritional status in children
Variables | WAZ | HAZ | BAZ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal | Underweight | Normal | Stunting | Normal | Wasting | |
(N = 352) | (n = 195) | (n = 400) | (n = 147) | (n = 367) | (n = 180) | |
Individual Characteristics | ||||||
 Gender (1 = Female, 0 = Male) | 197 (56.0%) | 92 (47.8%) | 217 (54.2%) | 72 (49.0%) | 196 (53.4%) | 93 (51.7%) |
 No. of Siblings (1 = > 2, 0 = ≤ 2) | 96 (27.3%) | 55 (28.2%) | 112 (28.0%) | 39 (26.5%) | 98 (26.7%) | 53 (29.4%) |
 Birth Order (1 = > 2, 0 = ≤ 2) | 71 (20.2%) | 36 (18.5%) | 75 (18.8%) | 32 (21.8%) | 78 (21.3%) | 29 (16.1%) |
 No. of Family members (1 = > 5, 0 = ≤ 5) | 200 (56.8%) | 113 (57.9%) | 233 (58.3%) | 80 (54.7%) | 210 (57.2%) | 103 (57.2%) |
Education and Employment status of parents | ||||||
 Father completed secondary education or above (1 = Yes, 0 = No) | 135 (38.4%) | 65 (33.3%) | 144 (36.0%) | 56 (38.1%) | 139 (37.9%) | 61 (33.9%) |
 Mother completed secondary education or above (1 = Yes, 0 = No) | 135 (38.4%) | 75 (38.5%) | 146 (36.5%) | 64 (43.5%) | 155 (42.2%) | 55 (30.6%) |
 Father is employed (1 = Yes, 0 = No) | 322 (91.5%) | 179 (91.8%) | 367 (91.8%) | 134 (91.2%) | 338 (92.1%) | 163 (90.6%) |
 Mother is employed (1 = Yes, 0 = No) | 141 (40.1%) | 58 (29.7%) | 142 (35.5%) | 57 (38.8%) | 148 (40.3%) | 51 (28.3%) |
Household Characteristics | ||||||
 Type of Dwellings (1 = Attached house, 0 = Separate house) | 276 (78.4%) | 151 (77.4%) | 318 (79.5%) | 109 (74.1%) | 283 (77.1%) | 144 (80.0%) |
 No. of Rooms (1 = ≤ 2, 0 = > 2) | 182 (51.7%) | 103 (52.8%) | 200 (50.0%) | 85 (57.8%) | 197 (53.7%) | 88 (48.9%) |
 Floor (1 = Cement, 0 = Earthen) | 301 (85.5%) | 160 (82.1%) | 343 (85.8%) | 118 (80.3%) | 305 (83.1%) | 156 (86.7%) |
 Wall (1 = Cement, 0 = Wood/mud) | 293 (83.2%) | 159 (81.5%) | 333 (83.3%) | 119 (81.0%) | 302 (82.3%) | 150 (83.3%) |
 Roof (1 = Metal laminate, 0 = Board laminate) | 302 (85.8%) | 174 (89.2%) | 348 (87.0%) | 128 (87.1%) | 316 (86.1%) | 160 (88.9%) |
 House own latrine (1 = Yes, 0 = No) | 205 (58.2%) | 123 (63.1%) | 244 (61.0%) | 84 (57.1%) | 223 (60.8%) | 105 (58.3%) |
 Source of drinking water (1 = Treated, 0 = Untreated) | 114 (32.4%) | 57 (29.2%) | 127 (31.8%) | 44 (29.9%) | 116 (31.6%) | 55 (30.6%) |
 Monthly income (1 = ≤ 20,000, 0 = > 20,000 Rupees) | 268 (76.1%) | 146 (74.9%) | 302 (75.5%) | 112 (76.2%) | 269 (77.3%) | 145 (80.6%) |